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Originally Posted by W8kbrder
Thanks Mike. I will definitly look into this. For now, I have used black silicone gasket maker. The stock rack definitely did not have any type of "dum dum" material or silicone for that matter. I carefully inspected each plastic footing on the rack. The only material keeping water out was the soft foam padding at the bottom of each foot and the rubber washer. Thats it. Maybe they left it out on mine?
Do you know if the substance is packed around the outside of the metal bracket.....or is is around the clear/white tubes and the bracket is placed over it?
thanks,
Nick
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I don't think it comes on the SR5/LE racks because the bolt heads are covered. On my TE, it was around the white tubes so the gap was sealed and the metal brackets went over it.
When I replaced my TE rails with my Perkins rack, I used clear GE Silicone II to seal off those gaps and they've survived desert hear, mountain snow, torrential rain, and repeated overnight freezing. Not everyone is as paranoid as I am, though, which is why I mentioned the dum dum.
